Regions
DVD's can be created with Region limitations which is designed to limit playback to certain countries. For example.. If you are in the UK and wanting to purchase a DVD that is listed as Region 1, it should not play in your player unless your player is specifically set to play Region 1 DVD's. If the DVD is a REGION 0 this means it was created with no limitations and should play on any player worldwide.
Unless otherwise noted the DVD's are expected to be created in Region 0 format.
Here are the regions:
Region | Countries |
0 | No Region Coding |
1 | United States of America, Canada |
2 | Europe, including France, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Japan and South Africa |
3 | Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo and Indonesia |
4 | Australia and New Zealand, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America |
5 | India, Africa, Russia and former USSR countries |
6 | Peoples Republic of China |
7 | Unused |
8 | Airlines/Cruise Ships |
9 | Expansion (often used as region free) |